Figure Item Number: K2.228 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woman seated on a stool. Senufo style coiffure. Stained black. She has large, closed eyes, a nose, and a mouth with pointed lips. A pair of grooved lines runs down across each breast. A pair of dashed grooved lines runs down the midle of her body to the navel. Her hands rest on each respective knee. The stool has two back legs while the woman's feet at the front provide the rest of the support.
Cultural Context
Benevolent, protective role. Also a divination role, as women have a control over the malevolent ghosts through the all-female Sandogo Society.
Narrative
Collected by Dougal MacGregor while he was a teacher at the University of Accra , 1970.
Item History
- Made in Cote d'Ivoire
- Owned by Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor before April 1970
- Received from Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor) during April 1970
What
Who
- Culture
- Senufo
- Previous Owner
- Dugal Macgregor and Sue Macgregor
- Received from
- Dugal Macgregor (Donor) and Sue Macgregor (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cote d'Ivoire
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 1970
- Acquisition Date
- during April 1970
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0166/0026